Dallas Bank District Hikes Discount Rate
The Federal Reserve Board authorized three more bank districts to raise the discount rate to 3.5 percent, bringing to seven the districts at that level. Boston Dallas and Atlanta joined. New York remains at 3 percent. Philadelphia Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City had earlier moved to the high rate. A board spokesman cited aligning rates with short-term borrowing and cooling inflation through tighter money. The Treasury announced 3.489 percent on new 81 bit dated A 15 bills.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Treasury
Sugar Heiress Alleges Court Case Over Sugar Deal
Blonde Christine Bruckner of Vienna seeks 7,100 dollars on a 5,000 note plus attorney fees and damages in San Mateo County Superior Court. She says she will drop the suit if Claud Spreckels Jr. apologizes and fulfills a promised payment. She accuses him of false statements about her past.
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Redwood City
Calif
UPI
Claud Spreckies Jr
Christine Bruckner
Vienna
Miss Bruckner
San Mateo County Superior Court
Alabama Klan Beating Reported in Mapleville
MAPLESVILLE Ala AP robed Ku Klux Klan members rode into the town in several autos last weekend and beat a Black man identified as Eli Goree. Mayor Tenry Clay Nix said the assault occurred Friday night and that the Klansmen returned in three cars Sunday, then left without further disturbance. The mayor and Police Chief Hardin Davis are investigating possible threats to other residents to "move out of town."
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Maplesville
Ala
Nix
Hardin Davis
Draft Quota 7,000 Men for October as Calls Level Off
The Defense Department issued a 7,000 man Army draft call for October, the smallest monthly total since April 1936. September had 8,000 draftees and August 11,000, with April through July averaging 13,000. Secretary Wilson aims to trim military strength by 100,000 by January 1 and expects monthly calls to settle around 7,000 to 8,000. In Newington Connecticut, police logged 17,012 miles in June with four cruisers patrolling 13.7 square miles.
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Washington
Defense Department
Army
Secretary of Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Newington
Conn
Jane Russell says she escaped Hollywood cheesecake trap
Hal Boyle notes Jane Russell rejects the cheesecake image that once defined her. She describes becoming a normal, wholesome actress, married to Robert Waterfield, mother of three, and cofounder of WAIF adoption agency. Russell credits old fashioned family life and discipline for shaping her career and views on parenting.
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New York
Jane Russell
Fox
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Lana Turner
Jane
Horself
Robert Waterfield
Bob
WAIF
Tnday
Gil
Isis
Weather delays A shot for 15th time at Nevada test site
LAS VEGAS NEV UPI The Atomic Energy Commission postponed the Shasta nuclear device for a 15th time due to wind conditions over populated areas near the Nevada proving grounds. The test, set for 5 am, was delayed less than an hour before triggering from a 500 foot tower. The AEC will retry at the same time Wednesday. Two other tests will be delayed at least 10 days due to the setback in the schedule.
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Nev
UPI
Atomic Energy Commission
45Th
Shasta
Nevara Proving Grounds
AEC
Khrushchev and Ulbricht forge accord on cooperation
Berlin reports East German and Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Ulbricht reached full agreement on extending party cooperation and international workers' movement issues. Details were not released but the meeting occurred in a cordial atmosphere. Tulsa officer Arthur W. Webb Jr. released on $300 bond after pleading innocent to liquor possession. he resigned from the police force and sought a jury trial.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Walter Ulbricht
Worker's Movement
Tuks
Arthur W. Webb Jr
Webb
Sheriff's Deputies
Common Peas
Lloyd H. McGuire
Twister Strikes Near Seymour Texas With Damage
Tornadic winds lashed north Texas near Seymour causing property damage as the lower Trinity River rose after tropical storm Bertha. No injuries were reported as trees fell and power lines were downed amid strong gusts and scattered showers along the region.
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Atlantic Coast
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mid-Atlantic States
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New England
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Texas
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Seymour
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North Texas
Daily Sketch Hints At Raffle Of A Woman Prize
London report notes the Daily Sketch may raffle a woman alongside a man in its circulation contest. A spokesperson dodges details, admitting a woman could attract more interest than the upper class gentleman prize. He cautions misunderstandings might arise and jokes about seeking a gentleman to find the woman.
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London
Daily Sketch
Thitit
Newspape
Sketch
Muskogee Wins Hospital Contract From Council and Board
The Muskogee City Council and Hospital Board awarded a hospital project to Harmon Construction Co of Oklahoma City for a low bid of 1 629 900 dollars.
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Muskogee
Muskogee City
Current Congressional Session Unimpressive
James Marlow reviews a. Congress, under Democratic control since January, has produced few major actions. Only six major bills passed, mostly at Eisenhower's request, with the education program killed by partisan maneuvering. Civil rights negotiations faltered. adjournment loomed as leaders threatened to leave, while broader plans like flood insurance and price supports also fell short.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
House Republicans
Area Men In Service In Marine Assault Group
Two Lawton men in the 1st Marine Brigade joined amphibious operation Trade Winds at Barking Sands Kauai Hawaii Aug 10. They are Pfc Richard F Collins ward of Jim Holdren 1413 H and Cpl Kenneth J Sapp son of Elmer H Sapp 1106 Cherry. Sapps wife Dolores Wyatt lives at 2500 Atlanta. Paul C Miller of Lawton is headed to Monterey California for eight months of Chinese Mandarin language school. J D B Waller of Lawton on leave from Twenty Nine Palms California. he enlisted in 1956 and serves in the 1st Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion.
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1St Marine
Barking Sands
Kauai
Hawaiian, Islands
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Jim. Holdren
Kenneth J. Sapp
Elmer H. Sapp
Cherry
Sapp
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US Army Language School
Monterey
Calif
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Lawton High School
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J. DB. Waller
D. H. Waller
Twentynine Palms
Waller
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